Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, in July 1969, Shawn moved to Manhattan at age 19 to study acting at New York University. He began working off-Broadway while still in school, in Mac Wellman's Crowbar, which won the obie for Best Play. He worked in character roles on episodic television in New York, and his first film role came opposite Tupac Shakur in Above the Rim (1994). In 1994 he moved to Hollywood and appeared as Mason in the independent feature Ritual (2000/I), opposite Clarence ...[Read Story]